Aber ist die Stiftung Familienunternehmen wirklich eine Vertreterin des Mittelstandes, wie sie immer behauptet? Die kritische Organisation LobbyControl trägt in ihrer Lobbypedia interessante Fakten zusammen: Im 35-köpfigen Kuratorium der Stiftung sitzen gerade einmal drei Unternehmer, die als Mittelstand gelten können. Die anderen sind Großunternehmen wie Henkel, Trumpf oder Theo Müller sowie Superreiche wie Johannes Kärcher (Alfred Kärcher GmbH) oder Edwin Kohl (Kohlpharma). Wirft man einen Blick auf die Liste der Mitglieder der Stiftung, findet man auch hier die ganz großen Konzerne: die Schwarz-Gruppe (Lidl, Kaufland), Aldi, Bosch und Bertelsmann. Außerdem die BMW-Erbenfamilie Quandt/Klatten, die Familie des Aldi-Gründers Albrecht oder die Familie Dr. Oetker.
Daily Archives: 3. August 2016
Festival „CompArte für die Menschheit“ in Chiapas
Wir denken, dass in diesen schwierigsten Momenten mit der meisten Desillusion und Ohnmacht, einzig die Künste in der Lage sind, die Menschlichkeit zu feiern“, hieß es in einem der Kommuniqués, das die EZLN im Vorfeld der Veranstaltung veröffentlichte. Und so haben sie sich dann trotz fehlender finanzieller Mittel aus Überzeugung doch noch organisiert, um die Kunst, die sie für das CompArte vorbereitet hatten, zu präsentieren.
Mord und Geheimdienst: Auffälliges Schweigen
Dabei hat sich die Bundesanwaltschaft aber als Vertreterin eines Staates gezeigt, der wenig Interesse an der Aufklärung eigener Verfehlungen hat. Angeklagt war natürlich nicht der deutsche Staat, angeklagt waren zwei kroatische Ex-Geheimdienstler, deren Verteidiger auch nicht so abgebrüht waren, die deutschen Ankläger auf ihr auffälliges Schweigen anzusprechen. Und die Nebenklage war schon dankbar, dass überhaupt noch angeklagt wurde nach so langer Zeit.
Aleppo-Rebellen droht Niederlage: Syrische Armee schlägt Offensive zurück
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Jihadist commanders halt Aleppo offensive to redraw plans
Little to no ground combat has been observed in southwestern Aleppo thus far today as Islamist commanders of ‘Jaish al-Fatah’ and the ‘Fatah Halab operations room’ have decided abandon a preplanned six-stage offensive to review future military manuevers in the region.
von der Leyen: aktuelle Sicherheitsdoktrin („Weißbuch“) erlaubt Bundeswehr-Hilfe bei größeren Terroranschlägen auch ohne Verfassungsänderung
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Turkish deputy PM says FETÖ has become ‘modern masonic organization’
He also said the biggest problem in FETÖ was self-defensive deception (taqiyah).
“Epistemologically, their biggest problem is that they converted taqiya into a part of their faith. Taqiya was one of the most significant aspects of those people at both the center of their faith and their organization,” Kurtulmuş added.
Intel chief can’t say why he failed to answer on coup night: Turkish PM
Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said he was not able to obtain an answer from National Intelligence Organization (MİT) chief Hakan Fidan when he asked why the government had not been informed about a failed coup attempt of July 15 in addition to precautions taken earlier at the headquarters of the Chief of General Staff.
Türkei: Geheimdienstchef informierte Erdogan nicht über geplanten Putschversuch
Mit dieser Frage beschäftige sich derzeit der Staatschef, denn „es ist klar, dass mit unserem Nachrichtendienst etwas nicht stimmt“, sagte der Premier weiter. Ob aber Fidan seinen Posten weiter bekleiden dürfe oder nicht, sei im Moment nebenwichtig.
Shock at the ATM: Thousands of supplementary pensions undergo cut by 21%-46%
The 3. bailout and the Pensions Reforms provided that if the sum of main and supplementary pension exceeds 1,300 euro gross, the supplementary pension has to be cut.
The second wave of cuts to be implemented as of September will affect another 924,345 pensioners belonging to other pension funds.
Greece urges EU for “Plan B” if Turkey walks out of Migration Deal
The European Union must come up with an alternative plan in order to tackle Migration in case Turkey makes its threats true and walk out form the Migration deal.
Army General Dies at Redstone Arsenal Base in Alabama
Rossi was scheduled to take over on Tuesday as commander of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command and Army Forces Strategic Command. Rossi previously served as the commanding general of the U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence and Fort Sill, Okla.
Something Strange Emerges When Looking At This Congresswoman’s Financial Records
In other words, a community college psychology teacher who daytrades S&P calls and puts in size up to $15,000? Maybe she is merely “piggybacking” on her husband’s net worth? Then again, maybe not. Her husband, former Assemblyman Mike Eng, is a senior partner at an immigration law firm in Los Angeles valued between $250,001 and $500,000.
U.S. Imperialists‘ Plan to Set up Bio-Chemical Weapons Laboratory in S. Korea Slammed
(1.August) The U.S. imperialist aggression forces decided to set up a biological and chemical weapons laboratory studying highly toxic germs of high lethality like anthrax and botulinus under what it called „Jupiter plan“.
Under this plan necessary personnel and hardware are supposed to be brought into Pusan Port by this November and the project is due to commence from next year.
The Panmunjom Mission of the Korean People‘s Army in a statement Monday said that the „Jupiter plan“ pursued by the U.S. imperialist aggression forces is pursuant to the scenario to wage a biological and chemical warfare at a time of fighting a war of aggression against the DPRK.
More armed police on streets of London to fight terror threat
„The first of 600 armed officers are due to be stationed at visible locations across London today, in order to help deter terrorists,“ the London Evening Standard says.
The Metropolitan Police announced in January that Operation Hercules would boost the number of armed officers to a total of 2,800. The extra 600 firearms officers are now fully trained and operationally ready.
Rarities>Remixes>Remastered by Future Funk Squad
A collection of rare and unreleased tracks and remixes!
Sourced from original DAT Tapes and Remastered for todays standards
Surveillance of Everyone: Europe‘s „Smart Borders“ Would Automatically Monitor Individuals
(2.August) But these structures — the effectiveness of which remains to be demonstrated — risk straining public finances, while threatening civil liberties and private life, should some states decide to pass from border control of each person to surveillance of everybody.
Reubin by Christian Löffler
Being asked to describe his own music, CHRISTIAN LOEFFLER states that he tries to combine melancholy with euphoria.
Christian Löffler Rostock, Germany
Shia militia with international coalition liberate Waleed along Syrian border
Al-Rathba Mayor Imad al-Dulaimi said, “Shia militia fighters, supported by the international coalition fighters, today morning launched a wide military operation for liberating al-Waleed and al-Waleed port- Iraq’s border with Syria.”
German court sentences Kurdish politician Kavak to three years in prison
The Court President Dr. Rühle who announced the three-year prison sentence for Kavak, stated that the court board acknowledged that PKK‘s role has changed and that they appreciated the fight against ISIS, but defending that PKK was still “a terror organisation with murder purpose”.
Dr. Rühle also mentioned the human rights violations committed by Turkey against Kurds, and cited the massacres in Cizre and Silopi as developments worsening this situation.
‘Not in line with democracy’: former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra risks junta’s wrath by rejecting draft constitution
Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Tuesday she rejected a draft constitution sponsored by the generals who toppled her government two years ago, and would vote against it in an August 7 referendum.
The referendum is an important step for the military government that took power after the May 2014 coup as it tries to shape a political system that it hopes will end a decade of turmoil in Southeast Asia’s second-biggest economy.
Russia, Latvia to restore intergovernmental contacts — deputy PM
(2.August) Russia and Latvia will begin in the near future restoration of their inter-governmental contacts, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich told reporters on Tuesday after an informal meeting with the Chairman of the City Council of Riga (Mayor), Nil Ushakov.
Traffic Stops, Privilege and Staying Alive
This was originally scheduled to run three weeks ago but, after the murder of five policemen in Dallas, we decided to hold it. However, we will now run it because the message it conveys is not anti-cop. Instead, it reflects a reality that many Americans are simply not aware of.
Africa: Panama Papers Probe Exposes New Secret Deals Across Africa
Cape Town — International journalists‘ networks investigating the use of offshore bank accounts which enable wealthy clients to reduce the level of scrutiny of their dealings have published new revelations about businessmen in Nigeria, Kenya, Namibia, Egypt and Algeria.
Mariano Rajoy warns of third Spanish election after snub by Socialists
(2.August) “If Sánchez continues to say no, we will go to repeat elections” Rajoy said, according to El País.
Landlord installs Faraday cage to block phone signals because social media is ruining British pubs
(2.August) Steve Tyler of the Gin Tub, in Hove, East Sussex, is hoping customers will be encouraged to talk to each other rather than looking at their screens.
He has installed metal mesh in the walls and ceiling of the bar which absorbs and redistributes the electromagnetic signals from phones and wireless devices to prevents them entering the interior of the building.
Iran rules out UK speculation about sending weapons to Yemen
Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Wednesday ruled out the alleged shipment of arms to Yemen saying that specuation by British Foreign Office spokesman about sending Iranian weapons to Yemen is sheer lie.